Shoe display support



March E, 1933.

H. SAPEER 2 11 09,977

SHOE DISPLAY SUPPORT Filed Aug. 38, '1934 JNVENTQR Patented Mar. 1, 1938 SHOE DISPLAY SUPPORT Hyman Sapeer, Munhall, Pa.

Application August 28,

Claims.

My invention relates to a shoe display support,

and important objects thereof are to provide a support of the character described, which is adaptable for attractively displaying a shoe in 5 various different positions, whichembodies means for attaching placards therewith, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, durable and efficient in its use, compact, attractive in appearance, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but it is to be understood that changes in the form, proportions, and details of construction may be resorted to that come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figures 1 and 2 are, respectively, front and side views of a shoe display support constructed in accordance with the invention. Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3, Figure 1.

Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 are views illustrating the adaptations of the device for displaying a shoe in varying positions.

Figures Sand 9 are, respectively, front and side views of a modified form of shoe display support.

Referring in detail to the drawing I denotes the entire support, which is preferably an integral bridge-like structure of considerable thickness and constructed from any suitable material.

The support I comprises a pair of spaced, vertically disposed legs 2, which carry, and are joined with respective ends of, a horizontally extending crosspiece 3. The crosspiece is provided with bevelled ends 4, and the top 5 thereof is formed with a longitudinally extending groove 6. The latter is disposed in the rear half portion of the top 5 and is substantially triangular in transverse cross section, having a vertical front wall 1 and providing an angularly disposed heel rest 8 declining toward said front wall.

In displaying a shoe 9, with the support in the vertical position, the heel ID, of the shoe, is seated upon the angularly disposed heel rest 8 and engages the front wall 'I, of the groove 6, as clearly illustrated in Figure 4.

A tongue II depends vertically from the cross- 1934, Serial No. 741,760

piece 3 centrally intermediate of the pair of legs 2. The thickness of the tongue is approximately only one-half of the thickness of the other parts of the support. The tongue is disposed at the front of the crosspiece to provide a" clearance space at the rear of the former.

The inner edges of the spaced pair of legs 2 provide the walls I2 of the opening l3 therebetween and into which the tongue II depends. The walls I2 are shaped to converge toward each other at their upper and lower ends.

The tongue l l is adapted for insertion into the counter-portion of the shoe 9 when said counterportion is engaged in the opening I3, as shown in Figure 5. The engagement of the shoe by the tongue II and the walls l2 provides a wedging action, whereby the shoe will be rigidly held in position by the support I and may be displayed from various positions. Owing to the space clearance rearwardly of the tongue, the counterportion of the shoe will not project beyond the plane of the rear surface of the support, whereby the latter may be positioned to rest upon said rear surface to display the shoe in the vertical position, as shown in Figure 6.

The outer edge of each of the pair of legs 2, is notched to provide a pair of opposed heel rests, respectively indicated at I 4 and I5. When employing the lattenth'e support I is positioned to rest upon one edge thereof, and the heel II] of the shoe 9 is positioned against the heel rest l5, as clearly shown in Figure 5. The heel rest I4 is adapted for use with shoes having low heels, which are further suited to the support by the bevelled ends 4 of the crosspiece 3.

The construction and conformation of the inner and outer edges of the legs 2 provide leg bottoms I.6 having areas of considerable extent, whereby the support I will readily maintain its regular vertical position. However, the top 5, of the support, is also of sufficient area to allow the support to be positioned in the inverted position to carry a shoe 9 upon the leg bottoms I6, as shown in Figure 7.

Each of the bevelled ends i of the cross piece 3 is provided with a vertically disposed slot I1 and a transversely extending slot I8. Each of the legs 2 is also provided with slots, respectively indicated at I9 and 20. The slots 19 extend along and open at the front of the legs adjacent to the lower ends of the latter, and the slots 20 are disposed longitudinally on the bottoms I6 of the legs. All of the slots are very narrow and provided to frictionally receive and hold placards 2| in the form of price cards and the like. The relative positions of the slots permits the convenient attachment of the placards regardless of the utilized position of the support I.

The modified form of the device, illustrated in Figures 8 and 9, differs from the preferred form thereof only in that the crosspiece 3 has a vertical extension 22 having a centrally disposed recess 23, and provided for engaging the heel of the shoe to render the latter less liable to displacement from its displayed position.

The. present invention provides an inexpensive, simple, and most efiicient device of its kind, which is readily adaptable for displaying shoes in various positions in the manner set forth.

What I claim is:

1. A shoe display support comprising, a crosspiece of substantial thickness, a pair of legs joined with respective ends of said crosspiece, a tongue of substantial thickness depending from said crosspiece centrally intermediate of said pair of legs and adapted for engaging the counter portion of a shoe, said tonguebeing of a thickness approximately one-half the thickness of said crosspiece.

2. A shoe display support comprising, a crosspiece of substantial thickness having an angularly disposed top portion forming a heel rest, a pair of legs joined with respective ends of said .crosspiece, a tongue of substantial thickness depending from said crosspiece centrally intermediate of said pair of legs and adapted for engaging the counter-portion of a shoe.

3. A shoe display support comprising, a crosspiece of substantial thickness having an angularly disposed top portion forming a heel rest, a pair of legs joined with respective ends of said crosspiece, a tongue of substantial thickness depending from said crosspiece centrally intermediate of said pair of legs and adapted for engaging the counter-portion of a shoe, the thickness of said tongue being approximately onehalf the thickness of said cross-piece to provide a space for the counter-portion of a shoe.

4. A shoe display support comprising, a crosspiece having an angularly disposed top portion forming a heel rest, a pair of legs joined with respective ends of said crosspiece, a tongue depending from said crosspiece centrally intermediate of said pair of legs and adapted for engaging the counterportion of a shoe, the outer edge of each of said pair of legs being notched to form a plurality of heel rests.

5. In combination, a shoe display support comprising, a crosspiece of substantial thickness having an angularly disposed top portion forming a heel rest, a pair of legs joined with respective ends of the latter, a tongue of substantial thickness depending from said crosspiece centrally intermediate of said pair of legs and adapted for engaging the counter-portion of a shoe, said tongue being approximately one-half the thickness of said crosspiece to provide space for the reception of the counter-portion of a shoe, the

outer side edge of each of said pair of legs being notched to form a plurality of heel rests.

' HYMAN SAPEER. 

